Telangana elections

It was a dream come true for Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and its founder president K. Chandrasekhara Rao whose party won a landslide victory in April 2014 assembly polls (for the united Andhra for the last time) which were held concurrently with the Lok Sabha elections across the country.

The elections for both the assembly and Lok Sabha seats were held for the newly carved Telangana and left over state of Andhra during the seventh phase of general elections on 30 April 2014. And the election results were declared on 16 May 2014.

In order to complete the formality of creating a new state, the President issued a gazette notification that Telangana will be carved out of Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014 and thus the long-felt desire of the people of this region was fulfilled after decades of agonising wait.

TRS all the way, forms new government

Out of the 119 assembly constituencies spread across 10 districts of Telangana, KCR-led party won 63 seats, followed by the Congress at 21, TDP 15, AIMIM 7, BJP 5, YSR Congress 3 and others 5.

In Lok Sabha elections for 17 seats in all for Telangana, t he pro-statehood party TRS got 11, the Congress 2, TDP+BJP combine 2, MIM 1 and others 1.

Within one year, the ruling TRS increased its assembly strength from 63 to 76 with 13 members from the opposition parties defecting to it.

Along with a nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community, the TRS tally has reached 77. Besides, it has the support from 7 MLAs from AIMIM and one member from YSR Congress.

It is obvious from the poll results, that the people have voted overwhelming for TRS which literally rode high on the Telangana wave and the Congress faced drubbing both in Seemandhra and Telangana regions as many of their stalwarts bite the dust trounced by rival TRS and TDP candidates in their respective constituencies.

Legislative council polls: TRS 5, Congress 1

Out of the 120-member legislative assembly (including one nominated member), 118 lawmakers voted to elect six members to the council even as the two MLAs from CPI and CPI (M) abstained from the exercise.

Telangana deputy CM Kadiam Srihari who resigned as Lok Sabha MP after he was inducted into the state cabinet in January 2015 was elected along with four others of his party to the legislative council.

Roads and buildings minister T. Nageswara Rao who had defected from the TDP and was sworn in as minister in December 2014 was not a member of either house of legislature. Hence, he was also elected to the council.

B. Venkateshwarlu, N. Vidyasagar and K. Yadav Reddy were other TRS members who got a berth at the legislative council with the main opposition Congress bagging the sixth seat.

Telangana: Fact file

1948: Princely state of Hyderabad which comprised different regions including Telangana annexed by the Indian Union under Operation Polo

1950: Telangana becomes Hyderabad State

Nov 1, 1956: Telangana merges with Andhra State, which is carved out of Madras State, to form Andhra Pradesh, a state for Telugu-speaking people